高中英语humor（双语阅读humor幽默）

高中英语humor（双语阅读humor幽默）即使他足够文明，假装对你的言论不屑一顾，他也会暗自相信，他不仅有很好的幽默感，而且比大多数人都更有幽默感。Even if he is civilized enough to pretend to make light of your statement he will secretly believe that he has not only a good sense of humor but one superior to most.Men will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that they have no sense of humor. A man will admit to being a coward or a liar or a thief or a poor mechanic or a

Humor which ought to give rise to only the most light-hearted and gay feelings can often stir up vehemence and animosity. Evidently it is dearer to us than we realize.

幽默本应只会引起最轻松愉快的感情，却常常会激起激烈的情绪和仇恨。显然，它比我们意识到的更宝贵。

give rise to使发生，引起。Uniforms also give rise to some practical problems.制服也引起了一些实际的问题。

vehemence/ˈviːəməns/n.激烈；热烈。animosity /ˌænɪˈmɒsəti/n.憎恶，仇恨，敌意。

Men will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that they have no sense of humor. A man will admit to being a coward or a liar or a thief or a poor mechanic or a bad swimmer but tell him he has a dreadful sense of humor and you might as well have slandered his mother.

男人几乎可以接受任何批评，除了别人说他们没有幽默感。一个人会承认自己是个懦夫、骗子、小偷、蹩脚的机械师或游泳技术很差，但如果你告诉他，他的幽默感糟透了，那你就等于诽谤他的母亲。

criticism /ˈkrɪtɪsɪzəm/ n. 批评，批判。observation n.言论，评论。sense of humor幽默感。admit v.承认。coward /ˈkaʊəd/n.胆小鬼。懦夫。liar n.说谎者。

Even if he is civilized enough to pretend to make light of your statement he will secretly believe that he has not only a good sense of humor but one superior to most.

即使他足够文明，假装对你的言论不屑一顾，他也会暗自相信，他不仅有很好的幽默感，而且比大多数人都更有幽默感。

civilized adj.文明的，有礼貌的。make light of轻视；对……不在乎。

superior to superior to。Our higher education is superior to theirs.日本的高等教育比他们的更优越。

He has in other words a completely blind spot on the subject. This is all the more surprising when you consider that not one man in ten million can give you any kind of intelligent answer as to what humor is or why he laughs.

换句话说，他对这个问题完全不了解。考虑到一千万人中没有一个人能就什么是幽默或他为什么笑给出一个明智的答案，这就更令人惊讶了。

in other words换句话说，换言之。In other words we're all really really stressed.换句话说，我们都是真的、真的压力巨大。blind spot偏见；无知。

as to至于，关于；就……而论。He is in no doubt as to what is needed.他对需要些什么心中有数。